Recently, the New York Times had an article up, quoting Pat Schroeder, president of the American Association of Publishers. Schroeder is a Democratic Liberal who despises conservatives and who seemingly believes that all conservatives are stupid. Her reason for thinking this? Conservatives read less books than liberals. In fact, according to Mrs. Schroeder, this is due to ‘the fact’ that conservatives are not interested in ideas and solutions (let alone complicated matters). No, according to her, the only thing that appeals to us stupid people are slogans.
Liberals, on the other hand, are more sophisticated, better educated, and more intellectually curious. Let me repeat – just so there can be no confusion about this – that the honorable Mrs. Schroeder is a liberal Democrat herself.
All in all:
The AP-Ipsos poll found 22 percent of liberals and moderates said they had not read a book within the past year, compared with 34 percent of conservatives.
Among those who had read at least one book, liberals typically read nine books in the year, with half reading more than that and half less. Conservatives typically read eight, moderates five.
So, one could conclude that the stupidity of conservatives is only rivaled by that of moderates.
That or…
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